Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

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Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
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Studio album by
Dimmu Borgir
Released30 May 1997 (1997-05-30)
RecordedJanuary 1997
Studio The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden
Genre Symphonic black metal
Length56:38
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir chronology
Devil's Path
(1996)		Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
(1997)		 Godless Savage Garden
(1998)

Enthrone Darkness Triumphant is the third studio album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, released on 30 May 1997 through Nuclear Blast. It was the band's first release through Nuclear Blast. This is the last release to feature keyboardist Stian Aarstad and the first with bassist Nagash.

Contents

Release

The album has been released on many formats, including a limited edition vinyl (300 white and 1000 black). In 2002, a deluxe CD version was released with bonus material. Enthrone Darkness Triumphant was also the band's first album to display their second logo, though the old "black metal" logo is seen in the back cover artwork on the original printing. Due to concerns from Nuclear Blast,[ citation needed ] the lyrics of "Tormentor of Christian Souls" were omitted from the disc's liner notes. "Master of Disharmony" and "Raabjorn speiler Draugheimens skodde" are re-recorded versions of older, already released tracks (from Devil's Path and For all tid respectively).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Metal ReviewStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
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Rock Hard 9/10 [4]

AllMusic praised the album, writing, "One of the most important Scandinavian metal discs ever, Dimmu Borgir's Enthrone Darkness Triumphant is the group's unquestioned masterpiece." [1] In 2005, Enthrone Darkness Triumphant was ranked number 298 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [5]

In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine. [6] In 2021, the magazine ranked it as the 7th best symphonic metal album of all time. [7]

The album has occasionally faced some criticism. Death Metal Underground labels it "a ripoff of bands that were new when these musicians were born," [8] noting that it lacks a sense of theme and that it is essentially "a pop album with heavy metal riffs," which wants the "neoclassical orchestration that made [the previous album] Stormblåst brilliant." [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dimmu Borgir.

No.TitleLength
1."Mourning Palace"5:13
2."Spellbound (By the Devil)"4:08
3."In Death's Embrace"5:42
4."Relinquishment of Spirit and Flesh"5:32
5."The Night Masquerade"4:25
6."Tormentor of Christian Souls"5:39
7."Entrance"4:47
8."Master of Disharmony"4:15
9."Prudence's Fall"5:56
10."A Succubus in Rapture"5:59
11."Raabjørn speiler Draugheimens skodde" ("Raabjørn Reflects the Mist of Draugheimen")5:02
Total length:56:38
Bonus tracks on Russian 2001 Irond Records reissue IROND CD 01-46 (taken from Godless Savage Garden )
No.TitleLength
12."Moonchild Domain"5:24
13."Hunnerkongens sorgsvarte ferd over steppene" ("The King of the Huns' Sorrowful Black Journey over the Plains")3:05
14."Chaos Without Prophecy"7:09

Charts

ChartPeak position
German Album Charts [10] 75
The Official Finnish Charts [11] 26

Personnel

Dimmu Borgir
Additional personnel

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References

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  2. ↑ "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (Reloaded)". Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Review by Pedro Azevedo
  4. ↑ Wendel, Kai. "Rock Hard review". issue 121. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 93. ISBN   3-89880-517-4.
  6. ↑ "The Top 20 best metal albums of 1997". Metal Hammer . Future plc. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
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